NTT - The Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 noted the addition of 630 patients who were confirmed positive for COVID-19. With this figure, the total number of cases as of Wednesday, July 21 in NTT is 32,971.
"There was an addition of quite a number of COVID-19 patients in NTT on Wednesday, July 21, reaching 630 people. This addition shows the transmission of cases is very fast," said Spokesperson for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in NTT Province, Marius Ardu Jelamu in Kupang, from Antara, Thursday, July 22.
The increase in positive cases of COVID-19 became very high after the task force team intensively carried out tracing of residents who had close contact with patients who were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
According to him, 630 patients who were confirmed positive for COVID-19 were identified after going through a swab examination. "There were 1,786 swab samples tested on Wednesday and 630 of them tested positive for COVID-19," said Marius.
Marius hopes that NTT residents will continue to be vigilant by continuing to apply health protocols in the midst of a new Delta variant case that has been found in Kupang City.
For COVID-19 patients who are still under treatment and self-isolation in NTT, it reaches 10,737 people. Meanwhile, 727 people recovered, bringing the total to 21,581 people.
Meanwhile, patients who died due to exposure to the corona virus in this island-based province reached 653 people.
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